A monologue into the void: Cult movies

# 4 El Topo (1970) Episode about the acid western El Topo (1970), directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Keywords: Splatter, spiritual, gore, avant-garde, redemption, amputees, trauma, generational trauma. https://www.arrowfilms.com/p/el-topo-blu-ray/13130131/ https://www.platekompaniet.no/film-tv/blu-ray/el-topo-1970-uk-import-blu-ray https://www.amazon.com/El-Topo-Blu-ray-Alejandro-Jodorowsky/dp/B00LCT48HE https://www.facebook.com/alejandrojodorowsky/ https://www.instagram.com/Alejandro.Jodorowsky/?hl=en Director Alejandro Jodorowsky (as Alexandro Jodorowsky) Writer Alejandro Jodorowsky written by (as Alexandro Jodorowsky) Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Alejandro Jodorowsky El Topo Brontis Jodorowsky Hijo / Topo's son José Legarreta Moribundo Alfonso Arau Bandido 1 José Luis Fernández Bandido 2 Ali Junco Bandido 3 (as Alí Junco) Gerardo Zepeda Bandido 4 (as Gerardo Cepeda) René Barrera Bandido 5 René Alís Bandido 6 Federico Gonzáles Bandido 7 Vicente Lara Bandido 8 Pablo Leder Monje 1 Giuliano Girini Sasseroli Monje 2 Cristian Merkel Monje 3 Aldo Grumelli Monje 4 Mara Lorenzio Marah / La mujer - The Woman David Silva Coronel Ignacio Martínez España Manco Eliseo Gardea Saucedo Cojo Héctor Martínez Maestro 1 (as Hector Martinez 'El Borrado') Paula Romo Desconocida Bertha Lomelí Gitana (as Berta Lomeli) Juan José Gurrola Maestro 2 Víctor Fosado Maestro 3 Agustín Isunza Maestro 4 Jacqueline Luis Mujercita Carlos Lavenant Verdugo 1 Eliseo Pereda Verdugo 2 Pablo Marichal Esclavo Beatriz Beltrán Lobo Señora 1 Carmen Lamadrid Señora 2 Pepita González Señora 3 Cecilia Leger Señora 4 (as Cecilia Leguer) Elvira Gosti Señora 5 (as Elvira Agosti) Antonio Álvarez Prisonero 1 (as Antonio Alvarez) Rueben Gonzáles Prisonero 2 (as Rubén González) Víctor Manuel Osorio Prisonero 3 José Pérez Bustos Prisonero 4 Eduardo Danel Prisonero 5 Álvaro García Prisonero 6 (as Alvaro García) José Antonio Alcaraz Sheriff Felipe Díaz Garza Ayudante (as Felipe Diazgarza) Patricio Pereda Niño Marcos E. Contreras Boxeador 1 Arturo Silva Boxeador 2 Robert John Hijo del Topo Julián de Meriche Cura (as Julien de Meriche) Valerie Jodorowsky Mujer iglesia (as Valerie Trumblay) José Luis González de León Hombre iglesia (as J.L. González de León) Francisco González Salazar Tendero Pedro García Hombre zanahoria Rest of cast listed alphabetically Skeleton Skeleton in bush (uncredited) Producers Juan López Moctezuma associate producer Moshe Rosemberg associate producer (as Moishe Rosemberg) Saúl Rosemberg associate producer Roberto Viskin associate producer Mick Gochanour producer (uncredited) Composer Alejandro Jodorowsky (as Alexandro Jodorowsky) Cinematographer Rafael Corkidi director of photography Editor Federico Landeros Production Designer Alejandro Jodorowsky (as Alexandro Jodorowsky) Art Director José Durán Set Decorator José Luis Garduño Costume Designer Alejandro Jodorowsky (as Alexandro Jodorowsky) Production Management Roberto Viskin production manager Second Unit or Assistant Director José Luis González de León assistant director Sound Department Gonzalo Gavira sound effects engineer Lilia Lupercio sound editor Camera and Electrical Department Miguel Garzón camera operator Pedro Moreno chief electrician Antonio Ruiz camera operator Casting Department Guillermo Díaz extras casting Music Department Nacho Méndez music arranger (as Nacho Mendez) / orchestrator (as Nacho Mendez) Script and Continuity Department Rafael Villaseñor Kuri script supervisor Color Department Scot Olive colorist (uncredited) Production Department Luz María Rojas production assistant Jorge Rubio Salazar production assistant (as Jorge Rubio) Voice Actors - Dubbing Italian Bruno Alessandro El Topo Marzia Ubaldi Mara Additional Crew Allen Klein presenter Vicente Rojo title designer Humberto Gurza animal wrangler (uncredited) Miguel Gurza animal wrangler (uncredited) 'Chema' Hernandez livestock coordinator (uncredited) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Jodorowsky Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

# 3 Faces of Death (1978) Shockumentary, mondo movies, mockumentary, newsreel footage, real life horror, video nasties, autopsy, famine, holocaust, slaughterhouse, vegetarian, satire, cults, accidents, fake, classical music, unethical, rubbernecking. And now for something different. Even though most of this movie is fake, it still to this day packs one hell of a punch. Possibly the nastiest movie of all the "Video nasties", as they were called in the UK. This movie is not really my cup of tea, as it also features some real life horror in the shape of news footage. But still it is an interesting and influential movie. And it certainly was one of the most talked about "Have you seen it?" movies of the VHS era of violent movies. Director John Alan Schwartz (as Conan Le Cilaire) Writer John Alan Schwartz (as Alan Black) Cast (in credits order) Michael Carr Dr. Francis B. Gröss Rest of cast listed alphabetically Samuel Berkowitz Self Mary Ellen Brighton Self - Suicide Victim Thomas Noguchi Self - Chief Medical Examiner Coroner Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Benito Mussolini Self (archive footage) (uncredited) John Alan Schwartz Leader of Flesh Eating Cult (uncredited) Vern Stierman Narrator (uncredited) Producers Rosilyn T. Scott producer William B. James executive producer Herbie Lee associate producer Composer Gene Kauer Cinematographer Michael Golden Editors Laurl Crushman Lorraine Kirsten (as Ivon Simoné) James Roy Hank Simon lead editor Makeup Department Allan A. Apone special makeup effects artist (uncredited) Peter Knowlton assistant makeup artist (uncredited) Production Management Derek Walsch production manager Second Unit or Assistant Director John Alan Schwartz assistant director (as Johnny Getyerkokov) Sound Department Spary Dauterman sound effects editor Manny Samaniego assistant Camera and Electrical Department Adal Aboul-Hosn contributing camera operator Alberti Cerna camera operator: second unit Stephan Crowder camera operator Daniel De LaSantos camera operator: second unit Dimetri Fermo director of photography: Europe Don Gilberg camera operator: second unit Michael Golden director of photography: America Shelly Kurtz contributing camera operator Phillippe La Croix contributing camera operator Lester Markham contributing camera operator Wolfgang Offenbach camera operator Andrew Winston contributing camera operator Editorial Department Gary Finlan assistant editor (as Sean MacDonald) Additional Crew Michael Carr creative consultant (as Dr. Frances B. Gröss) Andrew P. Kirkham dvd producer [gb] Thanks John Freeman acknowledgment of still photographs: British Museum Photo Runtime 1h 45m(105 min) 1h 49m(109 min) (home video) 1h 23m (83 min) (Cut theatrical) (Germany) Sound mix Mono Color Color Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1 Laboratory FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA Negative Format 16 mm35 mm Cinematographic Process Spherical Printed Film Format 35 mm(blow-up) Here´s part of a movie review (not mine) from IMDB user SpelingError to illustrate how much of a nasty punch this movie packs: "2/10 (...)This awful disaster of a movie is distractingly violent, super offensive, and full of shock value. I can safely say that this is one of the worst movies ever made. This documentary really has no plot. It's just a montage of people and animals dying gruesome and bloody deaths and the narrator also gives disturbing commentary detailing how they died. Also, there is one thing that really infuriates me about this movie more than anything else. It is that the movie often plays goofy and uplifting music while it shows footage of people being brutally murdered (also, most of the deaths displayed here are in fact real). Most of those people died brutal deaths here and it downright disgusted me how the movie uses the goofy music to make them sound like some kind of a sick joke. However, the movie actually offended me in this case. It proves that the directors clearly don't care at all for any of the people or animals who brutally died in this movie. This clearly has some of the worst, unfitting music ever in cinema history." (...) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

# 2 Santa Sangre (1989) Alejandro Jodorowsky, splatter, gore, giallo, Argento, avant garde, serial killer, redemption, amputees, neurovariety, neurospicy, schizophrenia, Down syndrome, autobiographical, trauma, generational trauma, childhood trauma, Axel Jodorowsky, Adán Jodorowsky, Teo Jodorowsky, Tod Browning’s Freaks, art, influence on Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. Episodes will be released every four weeks. Feedback, questions or requests? Email voidcultmovies@gmail.com or send a message on Messenger I probably won’t notice comments on Spotify. Intro: Cuntjunkies, "Bubblegum Satan" from the EP Snuff. Outro: Cuntjunkies: "Mankind no more" from the EP Snuff. To shamelessly toot my own horn, I use Cuntjunkies, the band I used to be the vocalist in, as intro/outro musick for this podcast series. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jc79RRJKNQofheuD8kXGj?si=Mc3zTMeDQByQLZfFS1VD6A Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky Screenplay by Alejandro Jodorowsky Roberto Leoni Claudio Argento Story by Alejandro Jodorowsky Adaptation by Robert Leoni Produced by Claudio Argento Starring Axel Jodorowsky (R.I.P.) Blanca Guerra Adán Jodorowsky (R.I.P.) Teo Jodorowsky Guy Stockwell Thelma Tixou Cinematography Daniele Nannuzzi Edited by Mauro Bonanni Music by Simon Boswell Distributed by Mainline Pictures Expanded Entertainment Release dates19 May 1989 ( Cannes ) 24 November 1989 (Italy) 31 May 1990 (Mexico) Running time 123 minutes [1] Countries Mexico Italy Languages: English, Spanish Budget: $787,000 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode # 1 Bad Taste (1987) Directed by Peter Jackson Written by Peter Jackson Produced by Peter Jackson Starring Terry Potter Pete O'Herne Craig Smith Mike Minett Peter Jackson Cinematography Peter Jackson Edited by Peter Jackson Jamie Selkirk Music by Michelle Scullion Production companies WingNut Films New Zealand Film Commission Distributed by Endeavour Productions Release dates 11 December 1987 (New Zealand) 16 June 1989 (United States) Running time 92 minutes Country New Zealand Language English Budget $400,000 Episodes will be released every four weeks. Feedback, questions or requests? Email voidcultmovies@gmail.com or send a message on Messenger I probably won’t notice comments on Spotify. Intro: Cuntjunkies, "Bubblegum Satan" from the EP Snuff. Outro: Cuntjunkies: "Mankind no more" from the EP Snuff. To shamelessly toot my own horn, I use Cuntjunkies, the band I used to be the vocalist in, as intro/outro musick for this podcast series. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jc79RRJKNQofheuD8kXGj?si=Mc3zTMeDQByQLZfFS1VD6A Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mission statement: Monologues about the splatter/horror/cult movies I watched on VHS in the 90s, that I rewatch now. Episodes will be released every four weeks. Questions or comments? Email on Messenger or voidcultmovies@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.